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. >> reporter: matt keen and headed the team at aero environment that developed the humming bird for the department of defense. it weighs less than an ounce. >> the video camera is tucked in about the neck. >> reporter: so here's the question. do you think it's really cool or does it scare you? >> endurance is a few minutes. that's what it does. ♪ oh, my darling, oh, my darling ♪ >> osgood: coming up a golden oldy. the singing telegram. >> you're my darling valentine. with the fidelity guided portfolio summary, you choose which accounts to track and use fidelity's analytics to spot trends, gain insights, and figure out what you want to do next. all in one place. i'm meredith stoddard and i helped create the fidelity guided portfolio summary. it's one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. with hand-layered pasta, tomatoes, and real mozzarella cheese. but what makes us even prouder... is what our real dinners can do for your family. stouffer's. let's fix dinner. the world needs more energy. where's it going
. >> reporter: matt keen and headed the team at aero environment that developed the humming bird for the department of defense. it weighs less than an ounce. >> the video camera is tucked in about the neck. >> reporter: so here's the question. do you think it's really cool or does it scare you? >> endurance is a few minutes. that's what it does. ♪ oh, my darling, oh, my darling ♪ >> osgood: coming up a golden oldy. the singing telegram. >> you're my...
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they get all the typically enviable do.com goodies, a flexe work environment, free gourmet meals and the knowledge they have helped change the way the world communicates. >> first of all, everybody can sit down. it is much easier to tweet from a seated position. >> president obama tweets, so does the pope, cbs news and just about every celebrity you can name. >> in case you don't tweet, it works something like this. on twitter, users can send messages through a global online network, any message as long as it is 140 characters or less, like this one. in two seconds your tweet goes out to everyone who is signed up to see it and they can send it on or retweet to all of their users and so on until your tweet makes its way around the twitter network and the world, to be seen or answered by anyone, anyone. michael cippe is tweeter's product vp. >> tweet there you go. >> so that just went out to 17,800 followers. >> have you personally ever been surprised by the way someone has used twitter? >> i am always surprised to see people who are talking with one another that you would never expect
they get all the typically enviable do.com goodies, a flexe work environment, free gourmet meals and the knowledge they have helped change the way the world communicates. >> first of all, everybody can sit down. it is much easier to tweet from a seated position. >> president obama tweets, so does the pope, cbs news and just about every celebrity you can name. >> in case you don't tweet, it works something like this. on twitter, users can send messages through a global online...
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how do you get someone in that environment into a traditional job? >> that's exactly what we do. i mean, our company brings people to companies and introduces them to the line managers or the hiring person. and they get interviewed. and we prepare them. we get them ready. >> so we find someone in those neighborhoods, we work with them, bring them in. >> we have a sales force -- we're like man power inc. we're out there hiring manager and bringing the people to our company. if they're hired then our job really begins because we want to help them stay? that job. so if there's a daycare issue or an abuse issue we're there helping that person. >> and you make money doing this? >> we have been making fun doing this. >> we've done this for almost 30 years. >> what's been the reaction from the war on poverty community? >> they hate it. they don't like it. in fact -- i'm sorry? >> why? >> they want to get paid first of all for their programs not for whether their programs succeed or fail. secondly they're much more interested in education and training as the first strike in welfare to wo
how do you get someone in that environment into a traditional job? >> that's exactly what we do. i mean, our company brings people to companies and introduces them to the line managers or the hiring person. and they get interviewed. and we prepare them. we get them ready. >> so we find someone in those neighborhoods, we work with them, bring them in. >> we have a sales force -- we're like man power inc. we're out there hiring manager and bringing the people to our company. if...
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. >> the political situation of the country for the last three and a half decades, and the environment -- but in the midst of that violence, women are creating beauty. >> reporter: their gift to the world was fine needle embroidery composed of geometric and floral design. >> my mother and grandmanager always wore pieces that had the kandahar on there, the trademark of kandahar. >> reporter: ultimately, it was a problem bringing that art to market. even before the taliban, women were treated as second class citizens. but the needle work could be done in the privacy of homes. it was a save way to gain economic independence without crossing cultural boundaries. >> people need the opportunity to earn an income to develop their own life with their own hands. some look at it as a giant open air non-profit. it's a place of beauty, talent, and tradition. the fact is, it's a little of both. weaving together the globe in a way that seems artful and -- >> did anyone accuse of being a pot hog? >> no. >> playing it cool. and is there a robot in your >> playing it cool. and is there a robot in your
. >> the political situation of the country for the last three and a half decades, and the environment -- but in the midst of that violence, women are creating beauty. >> reporter: their gift to the world was fine needle embroidery composed of geometric and floral design. >> my mother and grandmanager always wore pieces that had the kandahar on there, the trademark of kandahar. >> reporter: ultimately, it was a problem bringing that art to market. even before the...
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so when you've got that environment where there's intense competition, there's got to be lots of intense competition. it can't be just one or two buyers and sellers setting a price. that would be a problem, but in a real competitive market lots of entrants, lots of insurers, lots of employers trying to jockey for the best discount, sometimes opening that up and saying, "oh, here's the price," could result in the price rising. everybody says, "ok. that's the price." instead you do want to see that competition. - professor, you recently did a study having to--talk about retail drug prices. you did something with aarp's public policy institute, and your finding was that drug prices were going up even as inflation was negative? - sure. first we have to separate spending for drugs can go up because the utilization increases or decreases and prices increase or decrease. we track the prices and the effect of prices themselves, and the prices of drugs are going up 2 to 3 times the rate of general inflation in the economy. they went up about 8% or 9% for brand-name and specialty drugs. something'
so when you've got that environment where there's intense competition, there's got to be lots of intense competition. it can't be just one or two buyers and sellers setting a price. that would be a problem, but in a real competitive market lots of entrants, lots of insurers, lots of employers trying to jockey for the best discount, sometimes opening that up and saying, "oh, here's the price," could result in the price rising. everybody says, "ok. that's the price." instead...
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this is a major urban environment. a major failure. this shows the world america has made great strides and americans made great strides but we have a lot of challenges. we need to move into 2013 and take these views on in our current environment. education is the civil rights issue today what we do as a nation is we degrade and we lose our culture, our work force. we lose our ability. america is the land of opportunity. if you're not educated, you can't take advantage of that opportunity. >> you know, 50 years after the march on washington, one of the questions is how much longer the government should give special treatment to minorities? back in 2003 then justice sandra day o'connor was the swing vote upholding continued racial preference necessary college tuition. she said that should end back then in 25 years. she backed off that 25-year deadline. but at some point does affirmative action, does special treatment need to end? >> i think president obama addressed that before saying perhaps we should be looking more at economic inequa
this is a major urban environment. a major failure. this shows the world america has made great strides and americans made great strides but we have a lot of challenges. we need to move into 2013 and take these views on in our current environment. education is the civil rights issue today what we do as a nation is we degrade and we lose our culture, our work force. we lose our ability. america is the land of opportunity. if you're not educated, you can't take advantage of that opportunity....
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multiply that across over a thousand locations, and they'll provide the same benefit to the environment as over 60,000 trees. that's a trend we can all get behind. hey -- little m&m's! wow! great costumes. what are you guys -- like four or five? forty-six. alright, yeah ok. here you go. you don't understand, slick. we're here for the party. whoo! yeah, that's cute! [ laughing ] put your hand down. with an ultra-thin coating and fast absorbing advil ion core™ technology, it stops pain before it gets worse. nothing works faster. new fast acting advil. look for it in the white box. >> osgood: now, a page from our sunday morning almanac, october 27, 1994. 19 years ago today, the day the justice department reported that for the first time a number of inmates in federal and state prisons had exceeded 1 million. and that number didn't even include inmates at local jails. america's prison ranks have been soaring since the early 1970's, when rising urban crime provoked an emotional backlash. the head of the nonpartisan bureau of institute of justice characterized to martha teichner last year.
multiply that across over a thousand locations, and they'll provide the same benefit to the environment as over 60,000 trees. that's a trend we can all get behind. hey -- little m&m's! wow! great costumes. what are you guys -- like four or five? forty-six. alright, yeah ok. here you go. you don't understand, slick. we're here for the party. whoo! yeah, that's cute! [ laughing ] put your hand down. with an ultra-thin coating and fast absorbing advil ion core™ technology, it stops pain...
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and he analyzes the imagery in a 3-d environment in his futuristic lab on the campus of the university of california san diego. >> sensing something man made right around that region. >> reporter: and albert lin is just one in a long line of explorers whose work is funded by "national geographic." >> people think of this as either a magazine or as a television channel. that yellow border that everyone is so familiar with. but really exploration is what it's always defined our heart. >> reporter: and terry garcia, who oversees geographic's current exploration programs says it all began when founders, including inventor alexander graham bell, started the "national geographic" society 125 years ago today. >> here we have one of the finest of early american sculptures. >> we have funded more than 10,000 scientific research projects and expeditions. >> reporter: more than 10,000! we celebrated the 10,000th about a year-and-a-half ago. this is a classic photograph of hiram bingham who in 1912 discovered or we like to say rediscovered machu pichu. >> reporter: it wasn't just that amazing inca
and he analyzes the imagery in a 3-d environment in his futuristic lab on the campus of the university of california san diego. >> sensing something man made right around that region. >> reporter: and albert lin is just one in a long line of explorers whose work is funded by "national geographic." >> people think of this as either a magazine or as a television channel. that yellow border that everyone is so familiar with. but really exploration is what it's always...
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putting your contribution on a charge card, which would be easy for you and easy for us and good for the environment all at the same time. but right now, folks, don't wait any longer. time is running out. everybody wants to be heart healthy. >> they do. >> i mean, there's not anybody who wouldn't say, "do you want to be healthy? do you want to protect your heart?" everybody would say yes. >> absolutely; it's the number one killer of men and women. >> however, people have not had the tools to do it, and that's what you've given us. >> that's exactly what this is. this is your toolbox. >> that's right; this is your toolbox. >> everything in here, from the diet to what's going on, the different types of heart disease, arthrosclerosis, anything, your blood pressure issues, what it looks like inside your body, this is your toolbox so that you don't end up with the number one problem that kills men and women in this country, and that's heart disease. and for those of you sitting out there, thinking, "oh, well, i don't have silent inflammation," think again. if you're overweight, if you have, you know, fat
putting your contribution on a charge card, which would be easy for you and easy for us and good for the environment all at the same time. but right now, folks, don't wait any longer. time is running out. everybody wants to be heart healthy. >> they do. >> i mean, there's not anybody who wouldn't say, "do you want to be healthy? do you want to protect your heart?" everybody would say yes. >> absolutely; it's the number one killer of men and women. >> however,...
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the leaves of the iris are constantly monitoring light environment. they're actually may sewering how long the night is. >> reporter: it has nothing to do with summer. it is all about recognizing... >> the length of the day and the length of the night. >> reporter: this blooming iris was captured in time lapse video by film maker lewis swarsberg. the images show case the wonder of these plants. which can detect and respond to light even color. >> just like we can see red, blue and green, plants can see red, blue and even u.v. light. >> reporter: in some ways plants have a greater spectrum of light. >> they see more than we do. from a plant's point of view we're visually challenged. we only have four or five photo receptors, proteins that can see the light in our bodies. plants have like 13. >> they don't have sense organs in the way that we do. they don't have eyes or ears or noses, but they have receptors. and that's the level at which humans and plants are the same. >> reporter: amy litt is the director of plant-gemomics at the botanical garden. she
the leaves of the iris are constantly monitoring light environment. they're actually may sewering how long the night is. >> reporter: it has nothing to do with summer. it is all about recognizing... >> the length of the day and the length of the night. >> reporter: this blooming iris was captured in time lapse video by film maker lewis swarsberg. the images show case the wonder of these plants. which can detect and respond to light even color. >> just like we can see...
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kennedy was looking at me and thinking "my children are going to grow up in this environment. here is somebody who has been doing it since she was born and somehow has survived." she was only 31 when she and president kennedy came into office. >> reporter: and she was about as stark a contrast to her predecessor mamie eisenhower as one could imagine says university of virginia historian barbara perry. >> she was the third youngest first lady and had these two beguiling children. the way she spoke was different in her breathy voice. >> dolly madison managed to save it. >> reporter: the first time many americans heard the distinctive voice was during her 1962 tour of the white house, showcasing its restoration. >> it's beautiful. >> reporter: 56 million people watched. jackie kennedy may not have considered her role political, but she was a huge political asset. at home -- >> (speaking spanish) >> reporter: -- and overseas. >> the crowds would yell "'s jackie?" if she wasn't on the stage. her husband famously joked about it. >> i am the man who accompanied jacqueline kennedy to
kennedy was looking at me and thinking "my children are going to grow up in this environment. here is somebody who has been doing it since she was born and somehow has survived." she was only 31 when she and president kennedy came into office. >> reporter: and she was about as stark a contrast to her predecessor mamie eisenhower as one could imagine says university of virginia historian barbara perry. >> she was the third youngest first lady and had these two beguiling...
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asteroid smashing into the earth some 65 million years ago that caused wild fires that changed the environment so much dinosaurs could no longer survive. and for generations humans have been trying to understand the how's and why's of these missiles from outer space. >> this is probably the largest exhibit in the world in terms of meteorites on display. >> reporter: the smithsonian museum of natural history has amassed a major collection of them, overseen by linda wellsinback. this looks like a piece of sculpture. >> iron meteorites are interesting in many ways because they are fragments of an asteroid that has been completely disrupted. we're getting pieces of something that at one time was a full planet. >> reporter: in fact, most of the meteorites that land on earth come from the asteroid belt, an area between mars and jupiter where space debris collects. here is a little space terminology. asteroids are minor planet-like objects that usually orbit the sun. meteoroids are much smaller bodies. when either enters the earth's atmosphere it's known as a meteor. after it hits the earth it's call
asteroid smashing into the earth some 65 million years ago that caused wild fires that changed the environment so much dinosaurs could no longer survive. and for generations humans have been trying to understand the how's and why's of these missiles from outer space. >> this is probably the largest exhibit in the world in terms of meteorites on display. >> reporter: the smithsonian museum of natural history has amassed a major collection of them, overseen by linda wellsinback. this...
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the environment that armondo creates for learing this stuff. he gave me the confidence to even believe that i could do this and hisi methodological approach to teaching is justpproach to fantastic, it's step by step. i'm one of those people step. that needs 99% of the information beforethe i think i can do it. and and act on it.t. and he provided all that. the teaching really does go back to the basics you know abcs, 123s it makesu it very easy to understand and very easy tounderstand progress...